Craster is an unsavory ally of the Watch who marries his daughters and apparently has no sons. After traveling for months and passing several abandoned wildling villages they reach Craster's Keep. Sam is part of Lord Commander Jeor Mormont's Great Ranging beyond the Wall. Sam stands, unharmed, and recites his vows with his friends to convince Jon to return. He is knocked off his horse by a low hanging branch which draws Jon back to check if he is okay. He then convinces Pyp and Grenn to help him to pursue Jon. Samwell tries, unsuccessfully, to stop Jon leaving the Wall when he receives news of his father's execution in King's Landing. Sam admires Jon's new sword, Longclaw, given as a gift for defending the Lord Commander. When the others ask what will happen when they wake up, he only says that he hopes that the Wall is high enough. Sam tells the others that he has read an old book that claimed that reviving the dead can only be achieved by the touch of the White Walkers, who sleep for thousands of years beneath the ice. Jon dispatches the wight and Sam watches as the two corpses are burned.
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Jon Snow and the Lord Commander are attacked by one of the dead, who has risen as a wight. The Lord Commander orders the bodies examined, and tells Sam that he may be a coward, but certainly not stupid. They bring the corpses back to Castle Black and Sam notes that there is no smell of rotten flesh on them. The hand leads them to the bodies of two rangers. After the ceremony, they are surprised when Ghost arrives, carrying a severed hand in his mouth. Sam, feeling that his own gods have abandoned him, elects to say his oath to the Watch before a heart tree like Jon, hoping that the Old Gods would answer his prayers in a way that the Seven never did. When Jon complains about his appointment as a steward to Lord Commander Jeor Mormont, Sam points out that Mormont could be grooming him for command. Sam and Jon takes their oaths to the Night's Watch in front of a heart tree.Īfter the trainees are named men of the Night's Watch and Samwell is assigned to the stewards, specifically to the service of Maester Aemon. He says that by avoiding the harsh discipline of the Night's Watch, they are condemning themselves to death. He tells them of the harsh conditions that exist beyond the Wall and claims men are driven to do terrible things to survive out there, especially in winter. Thorne is furious at Jon's actions and confronts him and Sam. Samwell is told of the harsh conditions beyond the Wall. Jon convinces the other recruits to go easy on Sam, even using Ghost to intimidate Rast into doing so. He tells Jon that he is craven and that his father forced him to come to the Wall or face a 'hunting accident' that would result in his death. To Alliser's annoyance, Jon Snow defends Samwell. Ser Alliser Thorne identifies him as a soft, pampered lordling and has the other recruits attack him harshly, mockingly calling him "Lady Piggy".
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Sam trains with Jon Snow, Grenn, and Pyp at Castle Black. Sam was a virgin when he left for the Wall, and is a bit despondent about the restriction that his vows forbid him from ever taking a wife in the future.
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Sam departed for the Wall, leaving his younger brother Dickon as heir to House Tarly. Had Sam refused to join the Night's Watch, his father bluntly told him that he would arrange a "hunting trip" with his son in the woods, and then kill Sam in such a way that it looked like an accident (though it is unknown if Randyll would really have done this). His father, ashamed of his son, forced Samwell to take the black under threat of death in order to disinherit him. Much to Lord Tarly's dismay, his firstborn turned out to be an overweight scholarly-minded boy with no thirst for violence. However, his father Randyll Tarly is one of the most skilled military commanders in Westeros, and hoped for a son who would carry on his legacy and lead House Tarly into battle. Sam in his youth (seated left), out of place among soldiers. By rights, Samwell would have grown up to be one of the top ranking lords of the Seven Kingdoms. House Tarly is one of the most powerful noble families in the Reach, and sworn to House Tyrell. Samwell Tarly is the oldest son and former heir of Lord Randyll Tarly, the head of House Tarly and Lord of Horn Hill.